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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
Senior assaulted with baseball bat
CRAIG LINDSAY
Grand Forks Gazette
A man with a baseball bat attacked a local senior going for a walk downtown early Sunday morning. Local RCMP have spoken to one person of interest but no arrests have been made following the incident that occurred near City Hall at around 6 a.m. on Jan. 11. The senior, who is a 70-year-old Grand Forks resident, did not wish to be identified for his safety and will be referred to as Mr. Jones. He recalled turning on to Fourth Street and noticing a person in front of Selkirk College brandishing a shiny baseball bat. “He turned around and walked in my direction,” said Jones. “He caught up behind me at the credit union parking area and when I sensed his closeness I faced him and asked what he was up to. He made a statement about someone had knocked on his or his neighbour’s door. He told me to keep walking.” Jones told the Gazette he wasn’t about to turn his back on a person with a baseball bat. “I told him I would walk where he wanted me to if he would turn around and walk the opposite direction,” he said. “He began swinging the bat at me and I backed away from him. Eventually, I slipped on some ice and he hit me on the head. He kept aiming for my head.” Jones said he was on the ground at that point and defending himself with his feet in the air. “He swung and swung and swung, mostly hitting my feet, but also my arms, legs and calves,” Jones recalled. “He mentioned again about someone knocking on his or his neighbour’s doors and calling the RCMP.” Jones said he heard a semi-truck unloading at the nearby Sears store, which he figures is pretty rare for a Sunday. “Hearing the semi, I asked the batter if he heard the motor and perhaps it was the RCMP,” said Jones. “That was enough for him to stop to look, that’s all I needed to get off the ground and run over to the truck driver.” Jones borrowed a cell phone from the truck driver and called 9-1-1. He says the suspect took off towards Buy-Low Foods. Jones was taken by ambulance to Boundary Hospital where he was kept for two hours as the doctors looked for any possible brain injury. “I had no open cuts but incredible bruises and pain,” said Jones. “The opinion was that I had no immediate symptoms of a concussion but they could develop.” Jones was treated for injuries at Boundary Hospital and also went to emergency in Kelowna when he was there for other tests. He has also had throbbing pain in his left thumb, although there are no fractures. Jones said he has been in contact with victim services. Jones said he has run, walked or biked around Grand Forks and area for years but is a little hesitant now. “Naturally, this event has raised my concerns about safety in this town,” he said. “It’s an issue for all of us from seniors to children.” He said he gone on two walks since but is stick to the Aquatic Centre where safety is not an issue. • See SENIOR ASSAULTED page A8
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The West Kootenay Advertiser begins a seven-part series this week on child and youth mental health issues. Dr. David Smith, an Okanagan psychiatrist, has written seven columns, each dealing with a different topic, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder, bi-polar disorder, and family MENTAL supports. This series is a project of the child and youth mental health and substancesHEALTH use collaborative, which involves multiple individuals, organizations, and ministries working together to increase the number of children, youth, and families receiving timely access to mental health services. The collaborative is jointly funded by the Doctors of B.C. and provincial government. The series, to appear weekly through early March, will be complemented by locally-written stories about services available in West Kootenay/Boundary. Don’t miss this important, informative series of articles that tackle the issue of youth mental health.
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